. .] he was just a Hazara, wasn’t he?” ( Hosseini 100). This quote goes beyond Amir’s childish acts, as it also portrays Amir’s views toward Hassan. Since Baba kept his secret tightly locked, Amir did not respect Hassan the way he would of if he knew that Hassan was his half-brother.
9. The tragedy for these two boys is that although Hassan is like Baba their father, Amir is not. Do you agree? 10. The Kite Runner shows that cultural values have the power to overcome values held by the individual.
The connections between Amir, Hassan and Sohrab are significant examples. Hassan risks his life to protect Amir when Assef picks up on him for playing with a Hazara, and later on, Sohrab also saves Amir’s live when they encounter Assef again. However, Amir doesn’t have the courage to stand up for Hassan when he was assault sexually by Assef. Amir’s guilt for letting that happens has led to his redemption for Hassan by trying to save Sohrab, Hassan’s son. Like father like son, Baba also falls on the same track of sin towards Ali, whom he sees as his brother.
Amir does not have a good relationship with his father at the beginning of the novel, Amir was trying to do things that would please his father but was not successful. One night Amir overhears a conversation between his father and Rahim,his father telling him that if Amir isn't able to stand up for himself as a child, he won't be able to as an adult. This drives Amir to be even more determined to please his father, and he believes it will come from winning the kite tournament. The kite tournament is an event held where the children gather up and fight with kites, the last one to stay in the sky is the winner. The winter of 1975 held the largest tournament in over 25 years because all the districts of Afghanistan came to Amir’s district where it was to be held.
The failed trap makes Raskolnikov realize that Porfiry suspects him and that his “übermensch thesis” gives the inspector a cause to question his guilt. This short passage strikes
Assef idolized Hitler and hated Hazaras. As usual Hassan stood up for Amir; he got Assef to leave by aiming his slingshot at Assef’s eye. It was because of situations like these that Baba admired Hassan and wished that Amir was more like him. Baba in fact considered Amir to be weak and cowardly, when speaking to Rahim Khan at the end of Chapter 3 he says, “A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.” It’s Amir’s desire for Baba’s approval and cowardly character which later causes him to let Assef rape Hassan. Even before Amir betrays him, Hassan makes him feel guilty simply by being such a righteous person.
The second characteristic that describes the narrator is that he is observant. We see that Montresor knows Fortunato’s weakness and wants to use that against him. For example, he says, “He had a weak point – this Fortunato – although in other regards he was a man respected and even feared. He
It was Amir’s betrayal rather than the rape itself which destroys the relationship between Amir and Hassan and ultimately forces him to leave the home he grew up in. The betrayal of Amir ensured him (the adult Amir) to never forget Hassan's great loyalty and never stopped feeling guilty, which have him a strong reasons to repay the debt. Hassan’s loyalty is so great that it gives Amir the courage to stand up to Assef and endures the beating from him in order to save Hassan’s son. The quote on page 326 “I had played a cruel game with Hassan that day…I deserved it” said by Amir after rescuing
What Amir didn’t realise is that the ‘monster’ was a metaphor of himself and that the dream was foreshadowing the betrayal he would commit toward Hassan. From this moment of betrayal Hassan knew he couldn’t completely trust Amir, but wouldn’t dare say
I ran it fairly” (P.77) and later got raped. Despite the consequences that Hassan was going to go through he believed that risking his life to satisfy Amir was worth giving up for than disappointing him. Near the ending of the book, Amir tries to redeem the broken bond between him and Sohrab. Amir used the kite in order to gain redemption, he flew the kite and used it in a battle against a local kid and won with the help of Sohrab. Right after Amir offered to run catch the kite for Sohrab and repeated the same quote that Hassan had said once, “For you, a thousand times over” (P.391).